CHANDIGARH: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's decision to cancel his Punjab visit to inaugurate the Khalsa Heritage Complex has not gone down well with the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC). Manmohan had agreed "in principle" to a request by chief minister Parkash Singh Badal to inaugurate the KHC at Anandpur Sahib, when ...

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Wednesday constituted a five­ member team to take charge of raising a memorial to Sikhs killed in Operation Bluestar in June 1984. The army's operation in 1984 was to flush out armed militants led by then Damdami Taksal chief Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, from ...

KURUKSHETRA: To build pressure on the Centre for a separate Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee for Haryana, Sikh leaders from the state on Sunday decided to rope in presidents of various independent committees and boards managing Sikh shrines across India to be part of its ongoing agitation. Speaking to Hindustan Times, HSGPC ...

AMRITSAR: A controversy is brewing over the date on which the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh will be celebrated in January. The Nanakshahi calendar puts the date as January 5, while the amended calendar implemented by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee says the anniversary is on Jan 11. Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee ...

KARNAL: 'Terming the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee Sub-office to be set up in Kuruksnetra as a "violation of the Punjab Reorganisation Act (PRA), 1966", the Sikh leadership from Haryana has threatened to move court. On 'Tuesday, SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar had announced the opening of a sub-office, the first ever ...

KURUKSHETRA: Concerned over the effect the demand to create a separate Haryana Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee in the state could have on the SGPC election outcome, the Amritsar­ based Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) set up a permanent sub-office here on Tuesday. Apprehensive of the leaning of Sikhs of Haryana, SGPC ...

FATEHGARH SAHIB: A website on late SGPC president Gurcharan Singh Tohra was launched by Akal Takht Jathedar Gurbachan Singh, SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar and Damdami Taksal chief Harnam Singh Khalsa launched during a function at Sri Fatehgarh Sahib gurdwara. However, not a single member of Tohra's family, including his son ...

JALANDHAR: Lok Bhalai Party president Balwant Singh Ramoowalia has said that he disapproved of the assertion by SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar that he would take up with Barack Obama issues of US Sikhs during his visit to Harmandar Sahib. Ramoowalia said in his view, the issues, if any, can be ...

PATIALA: Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday remained non-committal on the demands raised by ETT teachers. Badal, who spoke with the media after a book launch for former Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Kirpal Singh Badungar, said the recruitment of ETT teachers was done as per the 73rd ...

LONGOWAL (SANGRUR): Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday expressed concern over the pressure on Sikhs in Kashmir to convert to Islam, saying SAD and other NDA parties would stall the proceedings in Parliament to draw the attention of the government to the threat to the minority community. He said he ...

JALANDHAR: After more than two decades of ideological differences with hardliners over the way the politico-religious affairs of the Sikhs are being run, the SAD has managed to muster the support of the Damdami Taksal and a section of radical groups once led by Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. While the new alignment ...

AMRITSAR:  The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee will send relief for cloudburst victims in Leh. SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar Said Food items, clothes and tents would be sent. Appealing to people to donate generously he said collection centres had been set up in gurdwaras across Punjab. The centres have been ...

KURUKSHETRA: The Sikh leadership of Haryana has demanded that prime land meant for the Miri Piri Institute of Medical Sciences Research at Shahbad Markanda in the district should not be allowed to go into the hands of a private trust. Speaking to Hindustan Times on Wednesday, Miri Piri Medical College Bachao ...